For many high school students, the new school year brings new books and different teachers, but the same old routine. Not so for 63 students mostly from the US. This year will certainly be one to remember.
As students with Beijing with the School Year Abroad exchange program, they'll be studying Chinese and living with local host families for the next 9 months.
Some students have studied Chinese language before in their schools back home, but others have little or no background in the language. Assistant Program Director Shi Lili, has been with the program since it started in 1994, and says the students here learn quickly.
